One of our biggest challenges here so far has been the heat. No surprises there I'm sure. We have a small yard here but we never play in it. We have access to a playground at the embassy and I'm pretty sure there's one somewhere in our neighborhood too. I've yet to go out and find our local one though because it pretty much feels like we live on the face of the sun. The heat here is no joke.
All this to say that we don't go out much during the day. We do go to the embassy playground at least once a week to provide some variety (it's outdoor but shaded). We have also started playing indoor soccer and Jo does Cosmic Kids Yoga (shout out to Nancy W for the intro to that life saver) because we all need to move. Dance parties are regular enough that Maggie starts yelling as soon as our song comes on.
We've also done the occasional evening walk. When we first got here, I didn't have a handle on how little the temperature changes after the sun goes down. So that first week I decreed we would all head out for a walk after dinner. Man alive it was brutal. Now that we are all a little more acclimatized to the crazy height of the heat, the post sundown walks don't seem so unreal. When I go outside and 90 degrees is a relief, you know it's a strange state of affairs. The plus side of having arrived in July is that it can only get better.
Right?
September, I'm looking at you.
At the very least, evening walks make for some fun pictures.
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